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SAMUEDLOV'E, oF INDIANAPOLIS,V1NDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 61,548,.0Zated January/ 29, 1867. A

IMPROVED RAILROAD BUMPING POST.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: v

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL LOVE, of Indianapolis, Marion county, State of Indiana, have invented :t new and improved Bumping Post for Cars, end I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 represents the side view. Figure 2, 2. perspective view. Figure 3, a, top View. AFigures 4 and 5 represent sections.. v

TheA nature of my invention consists in constructing e solid framework composed of the upright timber 2, the trace 3, and the ground sills 4. The bumping timber l'is vmortised into the' upright timbers 2, and bolted to it through the bumping timber l, the upright 2, and the brace 3, by means `oi' the bolt 8. The brace 3 is notched or framed into theupright timbers 2, and also into the ground sills 4, and bolted, by means of. a. bolt, l8', to the ground sills 4. The ground sills 4 are framed around theA uprightl 2, as shown' Ain figs. 4 end and extend into the-ground a. couple of feet, The ground sills are bolted together every ten'feet. The ties 5 5 5 are laid on top of the ground sills,` which project opposite the brace 3, `and 'are calculated to be pla-ced under ground so as to run the car on to them, and by its own weight prevent the strongly framed and braced uprightZ from givingaway when the ear pushes against it, or from raising out of the ground. The red lines on drawings represent the surface line of ground, und willshow about four feet of timber to be under groundc What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is A The arrangement of the ground sills 44 in relation to thebumping postitstimbers, and braces 1 2 3, in V ground sills shell extend under. the -railroad track, receiving thereupon the weight of the csr, in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

SAMUEL LOVE.

Witnesses:

JNO. L. 'SMITHMYEIQ HENRY B.. HUEBNER. 

